Master of the Game

By Sidney Sheldon

One of Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and bestselling titles, published in ebook format for a new generation of fans.

Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a crooked Afrikaaner merchant. Her conception was itself an act of hate-filled vengeance.

At the extravagent celebrations of her ninetieth birthday, there are toasts from a Supreme Court Judge and a telegram from the White House. And for Kate there are ghosts, ghosts of absent friends and of enemies. Ghosts from a life of blackmail and murder. Ghosts from an empire spawned by naked ambition…

Sidney Sheldon is one of the most popular storytellers in the world. This is one of his best-loved novels, a compulsively readable thriller, packed with suspense, intrigue and passion. It will recruit a new generation of fans to his writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Jun 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9780007370610

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon is the mega-selling international author of seventeen bestselling novels and one autobiography. There are now over 275 million copies of his books in print worldwide and he features in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most translated author. He is also a highly acclaimed, award-winning scriptwriter for stage, film and television. He died in 2007 at the age of 89.

Reviews for Master of the Game

[cathym78 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read this book so many years ago and yet I remember how much I loved my first Sidney Sheldon book! What I admired most about this great story teller is his detail in telling the story. He did so much research that it was a geography lesson and history woven through each book. This was a long book and it took place in a number of place like South Africa diamond mines and in New York. There was a great deal of injustice being done where generations of families where involved. Sidney Sheldon was so good at putting you in the place with the characters that I found myself not being able to put the book down.

[bookheaven_1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Poor writing, silly plot.

[henrimoreaux · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An excellent novel about several generations of the McGregor/Blackwell family who go from completely broke to unimaginably rich. The story begins with a glimpse of the present before stepping back into the past to Scotland in 1850 where Jamie McGregor leaves his family to seek a fortune in diamond prospecting in the Cape Colony (South Africa). He is soon cheated out of what he finds and begins a scheme of revenge which propels him to the top.

[Samuel · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

it's very interesting from first to last.he is really the 'master of the game! No one can beat him.only wish he were alive today.I have read all his books.each two or three times.I really miss his books!

[Fascinating Words · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Sidney Sheldon’s best ever book. A masterclass in storytelling which surpasses his previous bests

[Mapesho Pupe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The suspense is amazing. I loved it. Great work done.

[Dennis · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Such a captivating piece which keeps you in suspense and leaves you wanting more whilst wondering what next is going to happen. This Book is a good read and I pretty much enjoyed it. Thanks Sidney Sheldon!!

[shreejan-4 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sidney Sheldon is the master story teller! Its a beautifully woven story of 5 generations with enough twists and turns! kept me hooked!

[andreancarr · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is the best book, i had ever read at the time. I liked reading, after this book. I was intimidated by the length, but it was so flawlessly written, the pace and excitement of the awesome adventure. All throughout the story, I never wanted to stop reading it. I loved it then and I love it now. I have given this book to everyone, I know who didn't like to read. This book has never failed me, with them. They are all avid readers now.

Thank you so much, Sidney Sheldon. You are the "Master Of The Game."

Yay!!

[piyushgoyal_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I happened to chance upon this book discussion and couldn't resist sharing my own experience.I read this book quite a few years back,17 years to be precise, I was in my first year of graduation living in the college boys hostel. It was the time of the very first of our exams - the first semesters. Understandably, we are apprehensive and anxious.The exams stretched over a period of about 15 days. Everyday ( or rather night, since nothing could induce us to take up study books during the day!!!) after having cajoled myself that i have crammed everything seemingly important ( and that whats left is definitely not appearing the next day in the paper), I would take up this novel, switch off all the room lights, open the door and only switch on my bedside small lamp, and start reading for about half an hour or so before lights off!I don't exactly know what it was - the fact that it acted as a great stress buster or that the story itself was riveting or simply the reckless and foolhardy, and therefore immensely appealing, act of reading novel before exam night - but I thoroughly and vastly enjoyed reading this novel.I wouldn't say this is the best novel I have read, but certainly the most enjoyable one ever!!!!!

[silverwing2332 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Needless to say, everyone of Sheldon's stories are wonderful, they are dramatic, epic, sexy, and thrilling. This book is no exception, its an intricately woven tale about a corrupt family (corrupt as in completely messed up). Sometimes I randomly start thinking about this book and some of its intense and thrilling scenes, its a memorable book to say the least. Unfortunately, it did get boring at some parts of the book, but its a good read.